Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1968 - 1977
  • 80 episodes (9 series)

Beloved sitcom about the struggles of a Home Guard platoon during World War II who are fighting incompetence, age and pomposity more than Nazis. Stars Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and more.

Dad's Army - The Lost Tapes

Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender star in a collection of rediscovered Dad's Army gems.

Published for the first time, these four instalments of Dad's Army have been brought together from a variety of archive sources, and in each case represent something unique.

A Stripe For Frazer is the surviving TV soundtrack from an episode whose film recording has long been missing in action.

Santa On Patrol and The Cornish Floral Dance are two mini-episodes produced in 1968 and 1970 for BBC TV's Christmas Night With The Stars.

The Boy Who Saved England is a mini-episode written by Jimmy Perry and starring Ian Lavender, recorded as part of BBC Radio 2's Last Night At The Paris programme in 1995.

With a supporting cast including Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, James Beck, Bill Pertwee and Frank Williams, this is a fine quartet of episodes you're not likely to have seen or heard before. Don't panic!

First released: Thursday 5th November 2015

  • Distributor: BBC
  • Catalogue: 9781785291852

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